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Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Pyramid Quilt....trimming up the sides

I have finally gotten back to my Pyramid Quilt {Anthropologie knock-off}...I have added a second background color and straightened up the sides of my rows.

I have pieced together the number of triangles needed for a row, in my quilt I am piecing 20 triangle units so I have enough to trim up the sides. I will be left with 18 whole triangle units and a half unit on each end. To trim the ends so they are straight and not angled, I simply place my strip of triangle units on my mat. The bottom edge should run along a horizontal line and the end being trimmed should be lined up along a vertical line so that when cut - the cut will split a triangle in half.

Pretty simple!!!

Another little tip for {hopefully} getting those tippy tips of the triangles to meet....

If you match up the tips of two units {right sides together} and try to stitch through the point where the two lines of stitching intersect....

I don't usually use many pins but for this I want to make sure all these pyramids meet at the right point...so pins are helpful.

I like how this quilt is coming together. It may be a difficult one to giveaway :)

You're not seriously thinking about giving this beauty away, are you!!?? The colours of this quilt really sing! The lovely bright triangles remind me of tents lined up on the shore at the beach! Very summery! (well, for us downunder!)

You are sure making me want to get some shot cotton and go to town on some pyramids with my scraps. When I saw your post today I suddenly remembered that I forgot to look at the Anthropology quilts when I visited the store this week! Rats, I might have to go back!

I love your triangles!! And so helpful to show just how you cut them to size. Thanks so much for taking the guess work out of it. :o) I am curious how to do that with hexagons. I have a large swatch of them sewn and not planning to add more to it.Have a wonderful weekend.Sincerely, Trish